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Practice Relating to Rule 115. Disposal of the Dead
Section B. Respect for the religious beliefs of the dead
III. Military Manuals
Benin’s Military Manual (1995) provides: “The dead shall be … buried … according to their religious rites.” 
Benin, Le Droit de la Guerre, III fascicules, Forces Armées du Bénin, Ministère de la Défense nationale, 1995, Fascicule III, p. 5; see also Fascicule II, p. 12.
Section C. Cremation of bodies
III. Military Manuals
Benin’s Military Manual (1995) provides: “Cremation shall only take place for imperative hygiene reasons and according to the deceased’s religion.” 
Benin, Le Droit de la Guerre, III fascicules, Forces Armées du Bénin, Ministère de la Défense nationale, 1995, Fascicule II, p. 12.
Section D. Burial in individual or collective graves
III. Military Manuals
Benin’s Military Manual (1995) provides that the dead “shall be buried, cremated or buried at sea individually”. 
Benin, Le Droit de la Guerre, III fascicules, Forces Armées du Bénin, Ministère de la Défense nationale, 1995, Fascicule II, p. 12; see also Fascicule III, p. 5.